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The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe
1980
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski · 1993
384 pages
Geralt of Rivia is a witcher, a mutated monster-hunter for hire. In linked stories he takes on curses, a striga and a djinn, and learns that the line between monster and human is rarely where the stories say it is.
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Dark Fantasy, Morally Grey Character, Byronic Hero, Sympathetic Monster, Fairy Tale Retelling
